Hunter's Moon
- Rise
- 7:37 PM
- Set
- 6:06 AM
Moon Phases November 2039 in Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daily moon phases, illumination, moonrise and moonset for Sydney, in local time (Australia/Sydney). Next full moon: Hunter's Moon on Tuesday, November 1.
Sydney · Tuesday, November 1, 2039 Today
Hunter's Moon
- Illumination
- 99.9%
- Moon age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 398,835 km
- Moonrise
- 7:37 PM
- Moonset
- 6:06 AM
- Highest
- 12:26 AM
Full Moon at 9:36 AM. Next: Last Quarter on Wed, Nov 9 at 2:45 PM. Cold Moon in 30 days.
At full moon the Moon is opposite the Sun in the sky, so its whole Earth-facing side is lit. It rises at sunset, is highest around midnight and sets at sunrise, staying up all night.
Click any day in the calendar or pick a date above to see its details here.
November 2039 calendar
Waning Gibbous
99%
- Rise
- 8:35 PM
- Set
- 6:37 AM
Waning Gibbous
96%
- Rise
- 9:33 PM
- Set
- 7:10 AM
Waning Gibbous
91%
- Rise
- 10:30 PM
- Set
- 7:47 AM
Waning Gibbous
85%
- Rise
- 11:24 PM
- Set
- 8:28 AM
Waning Gibbous
78%
- Rise
- —
- Set
- 9:15 AM
Waning Gibbous
70%
- Rise
- 12:15 AM
- Set
- 10:06 AM
Waning Gibbous
61%
- Rise
- 1:01 AM
- Set
- 11:01 AM
Last Quarter
- Rise
- 1:42 AM
- Set
- 11:59 AM
Waning Crescent
41%
- Rise
- 2:19 AM
- Set
- 12:59 PM
Waning Crescent
32%
- Rise
- 2:53 AM
- Set
- 2:00 PM
Waning Crescent
22%
- Rise
- 3:25 AM
- Set
- 3:03 PM
Waning Crescent
14%
- Rise
- 3:56 AM
- Set
- 4:07 PM
Waning Crescent
7%
- Rise
- 4:27 AM
- Set
- 5:14 PM
Waning Crescent
2%
- Rise
- 5:00 AM
- Set
- 6:23 PM
New Moon
- Rise
- 5:36 AM
- Set
- 7:36 PM
Waxing Crescent
1%
- Rise
- 6:19 AM
- Set
- 8:50 PM
Waxing Crescent
5%
- Rise
- 7:08 AM
- Set
- 10:03 PM
Waxing Crescent
11%
- Rise
- 8:05 AM
- Set
- 11:10 PM
Waxing Crescent
20%
- Rise
- 9:10 AM
- Set
- —
Waxing Crescent
30%
- Rise
- 10:18 AM
- Set
- 12:09 AM
Waxing Crescent
41%
- Rise
- 11:26 AM
- Set
- 12:58 AM
First Quarter
- Rise
- 12:32 PM
- Set
- 1:40 AM
Waxing Gibbous
62%
- Rise
- 1:36 PM
- Set
- 2:15 AM
Waxing Gibbous
72%
- Rise
- 2:36 PM
- Set
- 2:46 AM
Waxing Gibbous
81%
- Rise
- 3:35 PM
- Set
- 3:14 AM
Waxing Gibbous
88%
- Rise
- 4:33 PM
- Set
- 3:42 AM
Waxing Gibbous
94%
- Rise
- 5:30 PM
- Set
- 4:09 AM
Waxing Gibbous
97%
- Rise
- 6:28 PM
- Set
- 4:38 AM
Waxing Gibbous
100%
- Rise
- 7:25 PM
- Set
- 5:10 AM
Times are local to Sydney (Australia/Sydney). A dash means the moon does not rise or set on that date.
Moon phases in November 2039
| Phase | Local date and time | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon · Hunter's Moon | Tue, Nov 1 at 9:36 AM | Oct 31, 22:36 |
| Last Quarter | Wed, Nov 9 at 2:45 PM | Nov 9, 03:45 |
| New Moon | Wed, Nov 16 at 4:46 PM | Nov 16, 05:46 |
| First Quarter | Wed, Nov 23 at 8:16 AM | Nov 22, 21:16 |
About the Full Moon
At full moon the Moon is opposite the Sun in the sky, so its whole Earth-facing side is lit. It rises at sunset, is highest around midnight and sets at sunrise, staying up all night. The exact moment of fullness is a single instant, but the Moon looks full to the eye for about a day on either side.
A full moon is bright enough to cast shadows and to wash out all but the brightest stars, and lunar eclipses can only happen at this phase.
Lore and folklore
Every month's full moon carries a traditional name, from the Wolf Moon of January to the Cold Moon of December, drawn from Native American, colonial American and European traditions that tied each moon to the season.
Folklore linked the full moon to restlessness, sleeplessness and strange behaviour, which gave us the word lunacy. Festivals worldwide follow it: the Mid-Autumn Festival, Vesak, Holi and the date of Easter all depend on a full moon.
Trivia
- Full moons near the horizon look enormous, but photographs show they are the same size as overhead; the moon illusion is in the mind.
- The full moon is about 400,000 times fainter than the Sun.
- A full moon at perigee, a supermoon, is up to 14 percent wider than one at apogee.
- Because it is opposite the Sun, a winter full moon rides high while a summer full moon stays low.
Select any day in the calendar to read about its phase.
This month's full moon: the Hunter's Moon
The first full moon after the Harvest Moon, when fields were cleared and game was easy to spot and fatten for winter.
Also called the Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon in some traditions, from the hunt rather than from eclipses. It shares the Harvest Moon habit of rising soon after sunset for several nights.
Lore
With the fields cleared after harvest, game was easy to spot by the light of October's moon, and the season of laying in meat for winter began. The Blood Moon and Sanguine Moon names come from that hunt, not from eclipses. In Britain the same moon was sometimes the Dying Grass Moon.
Trivia
- The Hunter's Moon is always the full moon after the Harvest Moon, so it moves to November when the Harvest Moon is in October.
- It shares the Harvest Moon's early-rising trick for several evenings.
- In some years the Hunter's Moon is a supermoon, appearing especially large as it rises.
Gardening by the Moon in November 2039
- Nov 1 to Nov 8 · Root crops: Plant root crops and anything that overwinters: carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, garlic, bulbs, perennials, trees and shrubs. Prune to slow growth.
- Nov 9 to Nov 15 · Rest and tend: Rest days for the soil: weed, cultivate, turn compost, harvest crops for storage, prune to discourage regrowth, prepare beds. Avoid sowing.
- Nov 16 to Nov 22 · Leafy crops: Sow leafy crops and above-ground annuals whose seeds form outside the fruit: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, celery, herbs. Transplant seedlings. Mow to encourage growth.
- Nov 23 to Nov 30 · Fruiting crops: Sow above-ground crops whose seeds form inside the fruit: beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons. Graft, repot and sow lawns.
Full planting calendar for November › · How gardening by the moon works
How to read this moon calendar
Each day shows the Moon as it looks from Sydney at midday local time, with the illuminated percentage, moonrise and moonset. Days with a principal phase show the exact local time the phase occurs. Because the Moon moves about 50 minutes later each day, roughly once a month there is a date with no moonrise or no moonset at all.
From the southern hemisphere the Moon appears flipped: a waxing moon is lit on the left. The icons on this page follow that view.
The eight phases of the Moon
New Moon
The Moon sits between Earth and the Sun. Its lit side faces away from us, so it is invisible in the night sky. A new lunar month begins.
Waxing Crescent
A thin sliver grows each evening after sunset. Look low in the west shortly after dusk.
First Quarter
Half the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midday and sets around midnight, so it is high in the sky at sunset.
Waxing Gibbous
More than half lit and growing. It rises in the afternoon and shines most of the night.
Full Moon
The whole face is lit. It rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. Each full moon carries a traditional name.
Waning Gibbous
The lit portion shrinks. It rises after sunset and is still up in the morning sky.
Last Quarter
Half lit again, on the opposite side. It rises around midnight and is best seen in the early morning.
Waning Crescent
A thinning sliver before dawn in the east, fading toward the next new moon.